The organisers of the Oscars said on Wednesday that they have invited almost 700 new members to the movie award's voting board, with the focus being placed on female and minority talent. The move comes after the academy received a strong backlash over a lack of diversity on its voting board.

An adoring father of his four "princesses." A young man working to support his sisters' education. Two women looking forward to a few days' vacation with their husbands and their infant children. Victims of Tuesday's terror assault at Istanbul's main airport have left behind mourning friends and relatives struggling to deal with their loss.

The New York Yankees and Texas Rangers held a moment of silence for the victims of the terrorist attack at Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport with a moment of silence before their game at Yankee Stadium.

In the aftermath of the deadly Istanbul Atatürk Airport terror attacks, striking similarities were observed in the ways the attacks were carried out in Brussels and Istanbul, both two major European cities.

Toyota said on Wednesday that it is recalling 3.37 million vehicles due to a pair of defects, in the latest hit for the Japanese auto industry already hit by fuel-efficiency scandals and an exploding airbag crisis.

CIA Director John Brennan Wednesday said that signs show that triple terror attacks at Istanbul Atatürk Airport was likely to be carried out by Daesh and warned that the group might be planning to conduct similar large-scale attacks in the United States.